Making compost takes some care - add greens, browns, water and air. This simple rhyme is a great way to remember the key ingredients to any compost pile.

Last year, when fires scorched Los Angeles and destroyed my family’s home, an ashen cocktail of carcinogens like lead, ...

The Food Matters Restaurant Challenge is back after a six-year hiatus, with 11 restaurants reinventing their recipes to save money and ingredients ...

Incorporate compost into new beds before planting, mix it into containers, scatter it over the lawn or use it in place of ...

A bunch of Lake County communities and organizations are helping their local growers with compost giveaways on Friday and Saturday while supplies last.

At this point in the season, there are a few things left to do to help transition your garden to winter and to prepare for next season.

The best harvest for tomatoes starts with providing the best soil for tomatoes. Far from glamorous and usually lacking ...

June-bearing varieties send out abundant runners, which you can allow to root or snip off. Managing runners is one way to ...

Milwaukee will require bagged leaf pickup after April floods; new street‑sweeping days could change where you park this fall.

May is a busy time in the garden, and we can’t emphasize enough the use of compost and mulch as you go about completing your gardening tasks.

On April 15, inspectors wrote 486 tickets to buildings for failing to compost. It was most on any day single since composting became mandatory for all residents in 2024, according to city data. A ...

There's something quietly satisfying about a fall harvest. The air is cooler, the light is softer, and the beds that spent ...